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United States

• Developed FPGA design on Versal SoC using Linux-based development tools (Yocto, Petalinux) to program and integrate solutions for reliable aerospace and defense applications.
• Collaborated closely with software teams to integrate UART with the Versal SoC, contributing to the development of drivers in Petalinux and verification of register reads/writes using freeRTOS on an ARM A72 processor.
• Experience developing FPGAs (Versal, Polarfire) for aerospace defense applications. Designed FPGA top-level architecture, wrote code, conducted timing analysis, and validated SPI, UART, SGMII, PCIe, and MRMAC modules.
• Gained experience in reading PCB schematics, technical documents, and customer requirements through the design and development of Preliminary Design Review (PDR) and Intermediate Design Review (IDR) processes.
• Utilized shell scripting extensively to automate build processes, improving efficiency in development workflows.
• Mentored and supervised an intern in FPGA development, providing guidance on project tasks and conducting regular check-ins to monitor progress.

Golden, Colorado, United States

• Facilitated, led, and taught a freshman seminar course - utilized organizational and presentation skills to communicate.
• Collaborated with peers and Mines faculty to create a robust lesson plan for first year students.Projects

• Experience with Xilinx and Altera FPGAs.
• Working knowledge of radiation hardened space devices.
• Designed a UART protocol in Vivado and Vitis HLS - developed testbenches and timing analyses for UART. Utilized knowledgeof FPGA architecture, C, Verilog, and Linux.
• Researched FPGA hardware co-simulation techniques using Vitis System Generator and Matlab Simulink.
• Expanded my knowledge and familiarity of space-specific digital design constraints, such as radiation hardening.
• Supported HR department by improving automatic documentation programs - proficiency in Python.